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Steven Greenhut: Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law today SB 1186, which fights those predatory lawsuits by attorneys who use the Americans with Disabilities Act to shake down businesses for legal settlements even if they have done nothing wrong. ADA
Read MoreCA Lottery: State’s cash cow
Sept. 27, 2012 Katy Grimes: I am not sure why Californians are faced with two tax increase measures this November, ostensibly to help fund California’s starving public educational system. The California Lottery, which was sold to voters as a way
Read MoreL.A. Times and Prop. 32: Will it repeat its stunning stand on Prop. 75?
Sept. 27, 2012 By Chris Reed Nexis and the L.A. Times’ website show the editorial page of California’s biggest newspaper has yet to come out for or against Proposition 32, the measure whose primary goal is preventing automatic deduction of
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Dianne Feinstein’s empty chair
Sept. 26, 2012 Katy Grimes: Has anyone seen Sen. Dianne Feinstein lately? She refuses to debate challenger Elizabeth Emken, she runs from reporters, and now there is news that Feinstein will not meet with the editorial boards of California’s newspapers. What
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Is Mitt Romney channeling Meg Whitman?
Sept. 25, 2012 By John Seiler Maybe Mitt Romney will put in a boffo appearance at the three debates in October and go on to win. But for now, his campaign clearly is floundering. Remember Meg Whitman’s campaign for governor
Read MoreAre skewed polls over-sampling Dems?
Sept. 24, 2012 By Katy Grimes During Presidential elections, many political pundits say that voters should not pay attention to the hundreds of political polls until a couple of weeks before the election. More than ever, this is good advice.
Read More‘No Party Preference’ registration up in CA
Sept. 24, 2012 Katy Grimes: According to the Secretary of State’s office, voter registration in California is up, since the 2008 election. Of the 23,780,847 eligible California voters, 17,259,680 are registered to vote — 72.58 percent of eligible voters. But it’s not as
Read More75 new CA laws signed by Gov. Brown
Sept. 22, 2012 By Katy Grimes Gov. Jerry Brown was busy last week, signing some of the 700 bills on his desk into law. He also made a few vetoes–eight to be exact. Just what California needs–more laws. 75 new
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Spain is breaking up; why not California?
Sept. 23, 2012 By John Seiler Within a couple of decades the majority of Californians will be of Hispanic descent. I hoping that, once aging Gringos like Gov. Jerry Brown and U.S. senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer are retired,
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